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Phryne is back in a thrilling mystery that takes her into dark convents and dank cellars in a frantic search for missing girls.
The decidedly raven-haired Miss Phryne Fisher returns to delve deep into the dark cellars of Melbourne.
1929: pretty little golden-haired girls are going missing in Melbourne. But they're not just pretty. Three of them are pregnant, poor girls from the harsh confines of the Magdalen Laundry. People are getting nervous.
Polly Kettle, a pushy, self-important Girl Reporter with ambition and no sense of self preservation, decides to investigate--and promptly goes missing herself.
It's time for Phryne and Dot to put a stop to this and find Polly Kettle before something quite irreparable happens to all of them. It's a tale of convents and plots, piracy, murder and mystery... and Phryne finally finds out if it's true that blondes have more fun.
'Elegant, fabulously wealthy and sharp as a tack, Phryne sleuths her way through these classical detective stories with customary panache.' The Age
About the Author
Kerry Greenwood is the author of many bestselling novels and the editor of two collections. Previous novels in the Phryne Fisher series are Cocaine Blues, Flying too High, Murder on the Ballarat Train, Death at Victoria Dock, Blood and Circuses, The Green Mill Murder, Ruddy Gore, Urn Burial, Raisins and Almonds, Death Before Wicket, Away with the Fairies, Murder in Montparnasse, The Castlemaine Murders, Queen of the Flowers, Death by Water, Murder in the Dark, Murder on a Midsummer Night and Dead Man's Chest. She is also the author of the Corinna series, which includes Earthly Delights (2004), Heavenly Pleasures (2005), Devil's Food (2006), Trick or Treat (2008), Forbidden Fruit (2010) and Cooking the Books (2011).
She is also the author of several books for young adults and the Delphic Women series. When she is not writing she is an advocate in Magistrates' Court for the Legal Aid Commission. She is not married, has no children and lives with a registered wizard.
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I am a fan of Kerry Greenwood books, especially The Phryne Fisher mysteries. It was a thrill to learn that there were three books I hadn't read. Loving them all. I purchased the ABC television series which was very exciting. The books are always better though. I hope there will be more coming! I always pass my copies onto my elderly mother who also enjoys them immensely. The settings for these stories are somewhat familiar to us as Mum lived in the general area during the 1930's and 40's and I live and work in Melbourne's north western suburbs, Geelong and the Bellerine Penninsula.
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Great reading just like all Kerry's other books, being able to associate places with what you know is great
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You have always been helpful, even to the extremes of looking for an authors book that may have been 'long gone'. Apart from that, you wonderful people always update how an order is going, and allow for my cat having walked across the keyboard. And I just love getting those parcels at the Post Office!!
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Phryne Fisher is my favourite female detective and having read all the books in the series,"Unatural Habits" did not dissapoint.....Again Kerry Greenwood transports us effortlessly to 1920's Melbourne,and Phryne enveloped in her signature "Jicky"perfume captures the "Bad Guys" with her usual panache and her own inimitable style.
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the service is great and prompt. the prices are reasonable
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This was a satisfying addition to the series. I love the Melbourne historical detail. Eagerly waiting for the next book.
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High class chick lit. Full of humour,style and panache. A fun romp.
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I read every day and Kerry Greenwood heroines make re-reading a pleasure
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quick delivery and offers the books I want
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Everything just fine thank you.
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ISBN: 9781742372433
ISBN-10: 1742372430
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 348
Published: 1st October 2012
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 13.0
Weight (kg): 0.305
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